Voluntary Giving
708 questions
Is feeling intense fear over money and the future, reducing sadaqah (voluntary charity) while maintaining zakat (obligatory charity), and being influenced by the results of istikhara prayer that lean towards not spending money, considered stinginess? And does this carefulness with money affect the validity of istikhara prayer?
What is the ruling on consuming Sadaqah nowadays for one whose lineage connects to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, through Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq?
Is it better for a deceased person's charity (sadaqah) to come from their own wealth or from the wealth of their children?
What is the virtue of one who spends from his private money on the upkeep of a mosque among the mosques of Allah?
Is the meaning of "righteous son" in the noble Hadith "When a person's deeds are cut off except for three" restricted to his own children only, or does it include his relatives?
Is it permissible to count the amount paid as charity on behalf of a traveling friend as Zakat or Sadaqa for the payer's own wealth?
Is donating to an endowment for building a college for teaching Islamic sciences considered an ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah) and beneficial knowledge, and is donating water coolers to a mosque considered providing water and an ongoing charity?
Are children predestined, or does supplication change what God has bestowed upon us? And was the miscarriage that occurred after two attempts at gender selection predestined, or is it related to gender selection or the destruction of embryos?
Is it permissible for a man to donate his only vehicle, which he uses for work to provide for his children, to the disaster victims?
What is the ruling of Islam concerning a woman who has given birth to a child out of wedlock (zina), and what is the ruling concerning attributing the child to someone other than his father, and is there repentance for her, and how should her repentance be?
Does inheriting the Noble Quran by the deceased's son count as ongoing charity for the deceased, given that it was endowed to the mosque?
How should the questioner act regarding money given to her by benefactors, when she is not in need of it?
Is it permissible to hack an inactive Instagram account dedicated to posting Quranic verses with the intention of continuing the work on it, so that it becomes an ongoing charity (Sadaqah Jariyah) for its original owner and for the hacker?
Is the ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah) recorded for the questioner and his father, or for the volunteer who paid the money from her private account, or is it recorded according to the intention?
Does God's mercy reach the deceased from every direction if the donations collected in his name for building a mosque are ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah)?
Is it permissible to disclose that the ongoing charity (sadaqah jariyah) for the soul of a deceased parent is a contribution towards building a school, with the aim of reminding people of the good deeds of the deceased, or is it better to keep the matter a secret as a benevolent doer?
Is the vowed sadaqah – amounting to one-fifth of one's possessions – to be given from the money that was at the wife's disposal, or from the cash proceeds of the car sale received by the questioner, or from both?
Is it permissible to accept financial aid from a friend of the father to pay for a university installment, even though the family's financial situation is acceptable?
Is it permissible to help a sick uncle-in-law (husband of a maternal aunt) with cancer from zakat funds to buy expensive medicines, knowing that he is neither poor nor needy, and has a moderate income?
Is zakat obligatory on residential properties if their value is exorbitant, and how is this zakat estimated?
What is the ruling on masturbating during the daytime in Ramadan, out of ignorance that it invalidates the fast and necessitates expiation, for someone who was 14 years old? And does he have to make up the days (qadaa'), or both make up the days and offer expiation (qadaa' and kaffarah)? And is feeling lethargy and an inability to move the penis considered sexual weakness?
Is it permissible to count the vowed amount, which I vowed to give if I committed the sin again, as part of the usual monthly charity? And is it sufficient to feed one needy person for each day I broke my fast in Ramadan and did not make it up before the next Ramadan began, and what is the amount of food that must be given?
Which is more greatly rewarded by God: waiving the payment for volunteer work for the organization itself, or receiving it and then donating it with the donor’s knowledge?
Is it permissible to delay selling gold given as charity—for the purpose of distributing its price among the needy—while awaiting an increase in its price?